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Workin' It

British TV company BSkyB will pay its ousted chief exec Tony Ball more than 10 million pounds–double his salary–not to work for a rival media group for two years. The payment not to work may ruffle institutional investors still sore over the appointment of Murdoch Junior (James Murdoch, BSkyB chairman Rupert Murdoch's son) as Ball's successor. "This is valuable insurance and investors should be grateful for it," said a BSkyB director. Nepotism? No way, says dad.